Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Apparently, Texas Republican Rep. Pete Sessions attempted to redefine gay Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, where the deadliest shooting tragedy in the history of the country occurred, as not a gay club but as a "young person's club."

Pulse describes itself as "the hottest gay bar in Orlando" on its website and while the shooter's precise motive is not yet known, a number of the victims were part of the LGBT community.

Early Sunday, 29 year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse, which was hosting a Latin night, and killed 49 people before ultimately being shot and killed by officers who stormed the scene to rescue hostages he'd taken.

Here's what Sessions told National Journal reporter Daniel Newhauser when asked whether the shooting changed his position on a measure that would ban federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT individuals: